All MCQs for Competitive Exams

81

In psychoanalytic theory, what does Freud's concept of 'transference' reveal about a patient's unresolved issues during therapy?

A

Love

B

Incest

C

Taboo

D

Trauma

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82

According to Sigmund Freud's psychoanalytic theory, what is the primary nature of the unconscious mind?

A

All of the above answers are correct.

B

a. It contains secret instincts and desires that are repressed.

C

It can never be accessed.

D

It is the only significant aspect of the human psyche.

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83

In the context of Freudian literary criticism, how are concave images typically interpreted?

A

Female symbols

B

Male symbols

C

Phallic symbols

D

Evidence of an Oedipus complex

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84

What is the definition of the Freudian concept known as 'the uncanny'?

A

a realization of one's empowered position in the world.

B

a feeling of being disconnected from the world.

C

terror at the thought of death.

D

a sense of something being familiar and foreign at once.

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85

According to Sigmund Freud's psychoanalytic theory, what is the nature and function of the unconscious mind?

A

It is the only significant aspect of the human psyche.

B

It has little impact on human behavior.

C

It contains secret instincts and desires that are repressed.

D

It can never be accessed.

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86

Within the framework of trauma theory, what is considered a necessary component for an individual to provide a valid testimony?

A

Religious belief

B

Psychological treatment

C

A figure of judgment

D

A witness

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87

Which critical approach would be used to analyze a literary work by examining how the author's childhood trauma shaped their characters?

A

structuralism.

B

New Criticism.

C

psychoanalytic criticism.

D

Marxist criticism.

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88

According to Dr. Dino Felluga’s analysis of Freud, what is a key argument regarding transference and trauma?

A

Repetition-compulsion does not help to come to terms with one’s own mortality.

B

Most victims of trauma do not exhibit “the compulsion of the human psyche to repeat traumatic events over and over again.”

C

Talk therapy will not help cure one’s psychological neuroses concerning past trauma.

D

There is an undeniable “tension between the death-instinct and the sexual instincts.”

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89

Who authored the psychoanalytic study 'Hamlet and Oedipus' published in 1949?

A

Harold Bloom

B

Carl Jung

C

Ernest Jones

D

Erik Erikson

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90

Which critical approach is being applied when interpreting the shearing of Samson's hair in John Milton's 'Samson Agonistes' as a symbol of castration?

A

Mimetic approach

B

Formalist approach

C

Historical approach

D

Psychological approach

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